More than 10 years later Kalimba faced a legal issue due to an alleged sexual abuse against a minor; Singer Melissa Galindo Filed a complaint because the singer had molested her.
Through a live broadcast, the young woman decided to share her story with the OV7 membersince, according to her, he touched her on several occasions without her consent.
What happened between Melissa and Kalimba?
lemon balm stated that she is originally from Culiacan, Sinaloa; However, he moved to Mexico City where he found the right opportunities to further his career as an artist.
So once Kalimba He contacted her to offer her a contract with the record label he was opening, telling her that he had heard her project and it caught her attention.
“At that moment it seemed like a good idea because I’ve known him for a long time and he’s been very good to me,” Melissa said. For this reason he signed the Contract and the singer invited her to open one of his concerts in Monterrey.
After that, all the artists who performed went to dinner together: “He was drunk, me had taken two martinis who know me know i don’t drink much and then they said they wanted to follow him to a club to party.
Despite this, the singer stated that she didn’t want to leave and asked to be taken to her hotel, for which she got into the truck with Kalimba and her team; but at that moment he touched it for the first time without your consent.
“I sat normally and he grabbed my knee‘ he shared, after which the singer began talking about Melissa’s project, assuring that he had received very good comments.
And although she was excited, she felt very uncomfortable when the singer raised his hand to touch her genitals from Melissa: “He ran his hand up my vagina and I went into shock.”
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In this way she decided to close her legs to prevent him from touching her again and decided to stay still as she felt vulnerable just with him. Kalimba and his team in the van.
Kalimba often touched her without her consent
After this moment lemon balm started a love affair during which Kalimba stayed away; However, the harassment returned after she broke up with her boyfriend.
This is how he pointed out that Kalimba and his manager once came to her house drunk to invite her to a party; however, because she didn’t want them to penetrate her DepartmentHe told them he would go with them.
“I said, ‘I don’t want them here,’ and I told them, ‘Let’s go home,’ and I thought about how to get out of there”; However, when he got into the truck, another side of the car remained. Singer.
“I go home Kalimba, first he hugs me and his hand falls into my bosom. I thought, ‘It was unintentional, I’m not going to travel badly, he’s drunk, all his people are coming.’ I felt safe and covered myself up,” said the young woman.
The singer then repeated the compliments to the music of lemon balm touching her again: “I felt the hand go up again, this time I felt the fingers go up again and in addition to reaching my vagina, it moved. I was shocked.”
For this reason, upon arrival at the house of the famous he sat in a chair while waiting for them to be distracted so he could retire; However, Kalimba sat on her and would not allow her to get up.
“All the time I was pushing him, I couldn’t lift him with my strength and he was always sitting on top of me. For him it was a mercy. Then he puts his hand in mine buttocks and touch her,” Melissa explained.
When he got up, she decided to walk away; However, the “Tocando Fondo” performer approached her and told her he liked the occasion when she kissed him in a video for a song lemon balm traded.
“I told him, ‘You’re clearly wrong, when I act I don’t feel anything, Melissa disengages from the character and the one who kissed you was the actress,'” the young woman recalled, but despite her apparent discomfort , Kalimba would have suggested she keep them intercourse.
“Let’s go upstairs for a quick fuck, no one will know. I’m black like you like it,” Melissa recalls Kalimba telling her what she thought was one to kid; However, he continued to insist.
Because of this, Melissa immediately called a cab and looked for one the next day Lawyer to solve the case as she feared they would not leave her alone because of the contract she had signed with the Kalimba label.
She also feared for her safety if she decided to raise her voice since she was alone in the room. Mexico City and both the singer and his team knew his address perfectly; as well as their hours.
Melissa invites other abuse victims to speak out
In doing so, he indicated that he decided to make his video to raise awareness and help otherss victims of abuse or harassment to raise their voice as it is not an easy situation to decide what they experienced.
In the same way, he noted that his aim is that those who are afraid are the people who committed them crime and not the victims. For this reason, she also asked not to be victimized again, according to her statement.
“People who have been through this know how complicated it is, I’ve minimized it for a long time, but in the end it’s a crime and that’s it abuseIt’s harassment,” said the young woman, who also agreed to share the statement she gave her lawyer three years ago.
So far, Kalimba has not commented on this issue. On the other hand, various users of social networks They have left messages of support for Melissa Galindo and say they believe her statement.